The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-08-04

/ which have lean your coUpantops Through
life. and you VII have tvo-ioli reaiisA-
ton Of il truth. In splts al yoas heroic
dctcrminAticn add effort 70 be contsns
with life - you hnd Il, and notvithstsnd-
Ing tho ncArncss and preciousness. ss well
- siirsctivencss. Of present relations, and
associations. and scenes. you will And
that sometimes there crccps orer ron .
feeling Of intense desire TO be among the
old scenes and associates which you have
Icfi 90 far behind. wonld you call such
sentiments and emotions nostAlgies Per-
haps they are akin 70 IL. yet while / may
no, be wholly free from lore Of home and
country. DOR would desire 10 be. am sure
homesickness has never been one Of my
affections.
Were it not for the very large element
Of our foreign citizenship. We might call
Wisconsin, . second New England. and 80
indeed il is true Of much Of this great
west-Nev England. New York and Penn
sylvsuiA being largely represented In iss
native portion Of inhabitants. For the
past half century or more. ii is well known
that food Of migration has poured its
overflow into the great west; especially
has this been true Of New England and
New York, and Vermont in proportion to
its size has been one OF the most prolific
sources Of this vast migrating host II
is said Of Stephen A. Douglas. himself
vermonter. that be remarked "VermOnt
Ia good state TO be born 10 provided you
could get out OF il at ~ early age" which
remark might be considered somewhat Of
an unmerited reflection upon the Green
Mountain State. Speaking OF an "esrly
age" reminds me OF an eccentric crank,
known ~ DR.. Dunlap. who upon time
was resident Of Troy. N. Y. He had
presidency on the brain" Is many men
OF greater brains are apt to have. The
only advocate Of his nomination being
himself. he appointed public meeting Of
the citizens Of Troy. 10 the which his
nomination to this high office should be
announced and advocated. His audience
was large and sppreciative. to the extent
Of hearty enjoyment Of "frolic and fun.
His speech was . characteristic one and
was received by his audience with greet
reclamation and clspping Of hands ZAP
plauded to the very echo. The candidate
assuming that the demonstrations were
sincere, was the more melted and earnest
in the praise OF his presidential abilities
and fitness for the high office. From one
degree OF applause to another the audience
became perfectly uprosrous and tumultu-
Gus. The fun was only ended when bis
hearers had become sstiated. 10 certain |
way and 10 certain lines, the speaker was OF
no mean ability. but crank OF some sbil-
ity is generally the biggest fool. As speci.
men of his whole speech, sentence from
his photographed portion was to the
effect that be "was born st 3 very early
period OF his life, Ammo Domini l8-, 10
the town OF in the state OF New York.
These words, as we'll as his whole speech,
we're reclted with much esrnestness and
dignity OF manner, while ct the same time
his bearing WAS most ludicrously pomp-
ous. The jocular incidents and humorous
phases of our presidential campaigns, il
but truly written up, would fill many
volume with humor and wit; and likewise
other portions might be gathered OF grand
OF craftsmanship and wisdom. /
shall never forget the very amusing fea-
lures OF the campaign OF 1910. The Tip.
and Tyler too" campaign, the log
,abins and the OK teams, the hard cider,
ICONS, etc. was but boy these were
the scenes OF my childhood" which will
llways Turk in my memory. And in that
was that great gathering OF the
Wings on STATIONS heights, reference TO
which has been made in THE JOURNAL OF
ate The Democrats we're out generated
md out Unanswered in that contest, and
anne out of it thoroughly beaten. Many
Il your older readers will have Q vivid
Of these times, and perhaps
ave not forgotten that refrain OF the Dem
cratic boy and bis father who sang
lad and went up to strstton early one Tues.
day morning,
nd there we saw the Federalists - thick ~
4 warming
And there was God like man,
His name was Webster Daniel.
Though surly ~ bull dog
Yet awning ~ spaniel.
low as 10 tho opinion OF Senator Douglas
hat it is well TO ''get out OF Vermont at
q early age" aud the declaration OF Dr.
'unlap as to being "born Of an early Pc
cd Of his life" we most naturally arrive
the conclusion that all Vernonters will
aks haste to escape the confines and
orders OF the Green Mountain State.
But my letter is already too long; and !
Vi no idea Of degenerating into q politi-
i line Of thought, aud beg pardon for n
, doing. At seine future time ! shall Z
srhaps give you some account Of Wiscon
n and its capital. Madison. which may h